Ken Scott, once the director of Goodall Library in Sanford, has retired from his position at the library in Lyman. (courtesy photo)

LYMAN — Ken Scott retired on July 31 as the head of the Community Library in Lyman, bringing to an end a four-decade career as a librarian.

In 1978, Scott became the director of the Louis B. Goodall Library in Sanford and served in that position for 21 years.

Scott, of Saco, graduated from St. Louis High School, one of Maine’s five Catholic high schools, in the 1960s. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the former St. Francis College, now the University of New England, in Biddeford Pool. He earned his Master’s degree in history at Boston College; from there, he earned another Master’s degree, this time in library science, at the University of Chicago.

Upon returning to Maine, he became the reference librarian at St. Francis College. Before taking his career to Sanford, he became the acting director of the library at St. Joseph’s College in Standish. After leading Goodall Library, he started as the director of the Community Library in Lyman and worked there for 13 years.

“I enjoy helping the people who seek the services of the library,” he stated in a press release.